The blockbuster remark came moments before closing arguments in Trump’s second trial in a case brought by E. Jean Carroll

A federal judge threatened Donald Trump’s attorney Alina Habba with jail time on Friday, after the former president’s lawyer kept contesting a ruling after it had been issued.

“You are on the verge of spending some time in the lockup,” senior U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan warned. “Sit down.”

The bombshell remark came moments before the start of closing arguments in Trump’s second trial in a case brought by writer E. Jean Carroll.

  • Flying Squid
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    138 months ago

    I honestly don’t think she does. Why would she risk being thrown in jail for that? She did multiple things that made the judge reprimand her.

    • @chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world
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      448 months ago

      Rudy Giuliani was a prosecutor and deputy attorney general. He was also well known as “America’s Mayor” after rallying New Yorkers in the wake of 9/11. Yet that didn’t stop him from ruining his own life committing crimes to protect Trump.

      It’s really bizarre!

    • Neato
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      158 months ago

      She knows the judge has on kid gloves for the trial so as not to give any reason for an appeals court to overturn. So she’s pushing her luck. Also makes get famous for “sticking it to the judge” in Republican circles.

        • @hglman@lemmy.ml
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          48 months ago

          There is nothing to gain by concluding its stupidity. The Republican party harbors malice; Trump harbors malice. A razor doesn’t supersede evidence.

          • Flying Squid
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            08 months ago

            Do you really think Habba is playing 4-D chess? She’s working for a man who never pays his lawyers.

            • @pearsaltchocolatebar
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              68 months ago

              That’s because she’s angling for a job with one of the Republican news networks.

              She didn’t take the case because she thought she would get paid directly for it.

            • @jak@sopuli.xyz
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              68 months ago

              So either she’s smart enough to pass the bar and stupid enough not to understand how payment works or she’s not looking for financial compensation.

              The bar isn’t that hard, but it’s hard to be that dumb and still pass it.

    • @pearsaltchocolatebar
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      108 months ago

      Because it really isn’t a risk at this point. She’s been in contempt of court many times already.